A Christian mother of a Muslim daughter – and a nation’s Islamophobia
“How do we fight our fears, suspicions and worry for our current impasse? Love provides a powerful antidote. I spent too many years after my daughter’s conversion pointing fingers at her, not at myself — a true waste of God’s time.
To love isn’t complicated theology, but it is courageous. Theologian and civil rights leader Howard Thurman explained that to love is “to make one’s heart a swinging door.” Love focuses on both giving and receiving.
Terrorism can’t stand the onslaught of such radical courage”